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Mont County [illeg]
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber One of the justices of the Peace in and for said county Paul Ruglarand Made Oaths that by Gen’l Orders in the year 1777 he took a Boat the Property of John Pawling Valued at Twenty five pounds down to the Swedes Ford on the River Schuylkill being moved to prevent said Boat falling into the hands of the British---Witness his hand this 26th of Oct. 1789.
Paul Hughes
Sworn before me
And y brothers
I do hereby certify, that the Boat
Above mentioned, as well as many others
Were taken from the proprietors, and removed
By Order of the Commander in Chief, to prevent
Them from falling into the Hands of the
British—a reference to the Orderly Book of 1777
Will afford sufficient proof.
PMuhlenberg
Late M. G’l Cont. Army